Organic gardening can either be a wonderful hobby, or a nuisance nightmare. The following article is designed to turn you into a successful and happy organic gardener.
If you want to spend more quality time outdoors with your children, why not allowing them to help you with your gardening? Strawberries are a favorite of children due to their sweetness. And since they’re so easy and fun to pick, it’s also a healthy, productive, safe activity that children can assist adults with.
When you are growing organic plants within the home or an enclosed area, considering how much light the plants will receive must be emphasized. If your windows are small or receive little light due to their positioning, a plant that requires little sunlight will be more comfortable and healthy. If your plants still need more light, there are always artificial light sources that you can use.
One way to ensure efficiency while gardening is to keep your tools close by. You have several options including using a bucket to hold your tools or wearing pants with lots of sturdy pockets. Keep your gloves, pruning shears, a hand spade and your other tools handy to quickly and easily do your garden maintenance.
Pine Needles
Pine can be a wonderful mulch. Some plants are more acidic, and prefer soil that contains higher acidic levels. There is no better, or easier, way to make your acid-loving plants happy then to use pine needles you already have on your beds. If you spread a few inches of pine needles around your garden beds, when they break down, the acid they contain will leach into the soil.
Coffee grounds are a good addition to your soil. Coffee grounds have a lot of nutrients that plants can use. A strong nitrogen source in your garden area is a wonderful way to have healthy and strong plants.
Spacing is one important factor in gardening. You must think of how much room the plants will take up as they grow, and it easy to underestimate this. You will need to provide this space to provide ample room and because you need air circulating to your garden. Plan your organic garden while keeping this in mind, and space your seeds accordingly, when planting.
Do you want to get rid of weeds in a natural way? Take layers of newspapers and use them for weed control. Weeds require sunlight to continue growing. With layers of newspaper on them, the weeds are not going to have light, and therefore will not grow. Newspapers break down nicely over time to become part of the compost. Covering the newspaper with mulch will help your garden to be more pleasing to the eye.
Organic Gardening
Organic gardening does take some effort, but anyone can do if they approach it with the right attitude. Doing it successfully entails a good amount of patience and dedication, but achieving a productive organic garden is a worthwhile endeavor indeed. Use this information and you will be in great shape for bettering yourself in terms of organic gardening knowledge.
Originally posted 2014-03-30 21:35:25.
